Ella Fitzgerald - Ella and Duke at The Cote D'Azur - 2xLP collection_rock_lps_david_bowie_contemporaries Free Fallin'

Free Fallin'

so it’s best approached as a vintage collection with a cross-cultural feel rather than a narrow single-style release

While this album may not highlight their most famous hits

highlighting their creative experimentation beyond their earlier hits

and it marks the point where the band pushed well beyond the guitar-centered approach of The Bends

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella and Duke at The Cote D'Azur - 2xLP collection_rock_lps_david_bowie_contemporaries Free Fallin'Ella Fitzgerald Ella and Duke at The Cote D'Azur Ella and Duke at The Cote D'Azur pairs Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, a heavyweight jazz collaboration with instant pull. Released as a double LP in 1967, it brings Fitzgeralds vocal command together with Ellingtons orchestral writing in a set rooted in swing, big band jazz, and bop era repertoire. The albums later expanded CD editions underscore how much interest this Fitzgerald